He walks the line in a navy blue
Watching the gate for a ghost or two
The sky turns black like a charcoal pit
The midnight lamp is the only hit
The wind kicks up a salty spray
The summer heat just blows away
He feels the chill in his heavy bone
Standing out there all on his own
Tangled in the cedar beams
Ripped apart at all the seams
Wooden splinters hold him tight
Lost inside the stormy night
The porch boards warp in the sudden flood
The river rises in a rush of mud
He trips on a nail and he hits the floor
Two feet away from the heavy door
The wind kicks up a salty spray
The summer heat just blows away
He feels the chill in his heavy bone
Standing out there all on his own
Tangled in the cedar beams
Ripped apart at all the seams
Wooden splinters hold him tight
Lost inside the stormy night
He kicks his boot but the wood won't bend
A broken rail is a bitter end
The rain comes down like a sheet of lead
A thousand drops on a shaking head
A taxi driver knows the street
Where the asphalt and the ocean meet
He'd tell the guard to just let go
The tide is high and the current slow
Tangled in the cedar beams
Ripped apart at all the seams
Wooden splinters hold him tight
Lost inside the stormy night
The flashlight rolls to the edge of the deck
A silver chain hanging round his neck
He prays for a hand or a passing light
To pull him out of the drowning white
Tangled in the cedar beams
Ripped apart at all the seams
Wooden splinters hold him tight
Lost inside the stormy night
Just a fare gone wrong
Sing a wooden song
(Fade out with tape flanger)
Hold him tight.
